Curumanao

Curumanao is remembered as a chief of the Chimila people in the savannas near the great Zapatosa marsh. Local accounts associate him with the country around Curumaní and with exchanges across the wetland. The Chimila cultivated yuca, tobacco and squash, and used the rivers and marshes for fishing and hunting. The marsh connects with the Cesar and Magdalena river systems, linking the surrounding savannas to a much wider waterway.